tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32230980836242511452011-04-21T19:03:04.504-07:00milliebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13569613855286050372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223098083624251145.post-8778995664068883782008-11-30T10:11:00.001-08:002008-11-30T10:23:57.552-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Oy5H1qLvO5k/STLYapgU9-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/Tu1tUUSIcmY/s1600-h/DSCF3624.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Oy5H1qLvO5k/STLYapgU9-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/Tu1tUUSIcmY/s320/DSCF3624.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274516065933916130" border="0" /></a><br />It's super-basic, but I'm still proud of it. I couldn't find a pattern that exactly matched the picture I had in my head of a simple baby hat to make with my lovely Maple View Farm Alpaca yarn, so I made up a gauge swatch, did a little math, and voila!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here's the pattern:<br /><br /><br />Use bulky yarn, size 9 needles<br /><br />Gauge = 3.5 st/in in stockinette<br /><br /><br /><br />CO 46 Stitches<br /><br />knit in round<br /><br />Knit 4 rows in garter stitch:<br />(Row 1: Knit<br />Row 2: Purl<br />Row 3: Knit<br />Row 4: Purl)<br /><br />Knit in stockinette until hat is 3" tall. Then start decreases:<br /><br />K2tog, knit around: 45 stitches<br />[k7, SSK] to end of row<br />K around<br />[k6, SSK] to end of row<br />K around<br />[k5, SSK] to end of row<br />K around<br />[k4, SSK] to end of row<br />[k3, SSK] to end of row<br />[k2, SSK] to end of row<br />[k1, SSK] to end of row<br />[SSK] to end of row<br /><br />Draw end of yarn through remaining loops; weave in ends.<br /><br /><br /><br />I made Kristi Porter's <a href="http://home.pacbell.net/kapleo/blog/domesticspherepatterns.html">Bulky Bibbed Baby Pullover</a> to match.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Oy5H1qLvO5k/STLZWxsLx_I/AAAAAAAAAAU/_pj42UxHR70/s1600-h/DSCF3639.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Oy5H1qLvO5k/STLZWxsLx_I/AAAAAAAAAAU/_pj42UxHR70/s320/DSCF3639.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274517098923280370" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3223098083624251145-877899566406888378?l=milliebugknits.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>milliebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13569613855286050372noreply@blogger.com2